Kent Bush: Some parents still teach children about consequences

Thursday

Mar 27, 2008 at 12:01 AMMar 27, 2008 at 6:10 PM

Oklahoma City Rep. Sally Kern believes gay people are the biggest threat to our nation. Hillary Clinton thinks the biggest threat to our nation is Barack Obama getting elected and not knowing what to say when he answers the phone at 3 a.m. Many people believe our dependence on foreign oil is the biggest threat to our nation. But they are all wrong.

Kent Bush

Oklahoma City Rep. Sally Kern believes gay people are the biggest threat to our nation.

Hillary Clinton thinks the biggest threat to our nation is Barack Obama getting elected and not knowing what to say when he answers the phone at 3 a.m.

Many people believe our dependence on foreign oil is the biggest threat to our nation.

But they are all wrong.

The biggest threat to our country is the parents who believe their precious little snowflakes can do no wrong.

For many of these parents, this attitude continues throughout the child's formative years. Teachers and school administrators stand no chance in dealing with these people or their incorrigible children.

For some, this attitude continues after they have spent thousands on bail bonds after the police treated their babies "unfairly."

It's good to know that some parents still understand that teaching their children about consequences might just make them better people.

Take for example, Armando Navarro.

Navarro had a dream turn into a nightmare recently. Almost every dad wants to see his son on the pages of Sports Illustrated one day. That dream was shattered for Navarro when his son graced the pages of the magazine recently.

His son was featured in a photograph that accompanied a story about why sports fans had become so abusive.

His saw his precious little darling making an obscene hand gesture toward UCLA star Kevin Love during a game at Oregon University.

Navarro's son came home the weekend after the publication of the photo. That is a trip he won't likely forget.

You see, this is one father who realized his son could do wrong - and he had. He didn't just tell the son to try to be a good boy in the future.

He took away his car and sent him back to school on a bus.

The father then wrote a letter to Sports Illustrated apologizing for his son's actions and explaining the punishment he had meted out.

I bet that kid keeps his hands in his pockets at future games he attends - if his parents allow him money for tickets.

These parents didn't go too far. This young man will be out of college and on his own very soon. It is better that they correct these issues while they still can.

If not, he would become the problem of a boss and dozens of co-workers who have to clean up whatever mess the parents left.